French Jews attended Yom Kippur services in unprecedented numbers yesterday, requiring that improvised synagogues be set up in movie theaters, concert halls and even a circus to accommodate the overflow crowds. Several hundred refugees from Eastern Europe pressed into crowded Central Synagogue of Paris where special prayers were said for Jews oppressed behind the Iron Curtain.)
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